To be a patriot he had to commit treason. Emmy-winner James Spader captures the moral dilemma facing Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg when he discovers a 7,000 page document detailing the government's deliberate misinformation about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and other events during the Vietnam War. His decision to leak those papers to the press could have put him behind bars and helped contribute to President Richard Nixon's resignation two years later. Directed by Rod Holcomb, an Emmy winner for "ER,"the mini-series co-stars Emmy-winner Paul Giamatti and Oscar-winner Alan Arkin.
